Cathay Pacific
Flag carrier and largest airline of Hong Kong
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| April 2025 | Plan to introduce a new route between Hong Kong and Dallas/Fort Worth, which will be the airline's longest route at 7,058 nautical miles, to be operated four times weekly using Airbus A350-1000 aircraft. |
| January 2025 | Airline plans to add another 100 pilots to further strengthen its pilot workforce. |
| January 8 2025 | Cathay Pacific announced its return to Rome as its 12th European destination, with Milan being the first Italian destination. The new route will be the second Italian destination for the airline. |
| 2024 | Cathay Pacific began installing the Aria Suite on their Boeing 777-300ER fleet. |
| December 12 2024 | Cathay Pacific reports meeting its target of hiring 3,400 pilots to restore pre-pandemic operational capacity. |
| December 5 2024 | Reported plans to launch two direct flights to Munich, Germany and Brussels, Belgium in the summer of 2025. |
| November 2024 | Repainting of the second aircraft with the 2015 refreshed livery (Boeing 747-400ERF B-LIA) was completed. The last aircraft with the classic 'Brushwing' livery (Airbus A330-300 B-HLV) was also repainted. |
| September 2 2024 | Cathay Pacific Flight 383, an Airbus A350-1041 from Hong Kong to Zurich, experienced a serious incident with a fuel system leak causing an engine fire after departure. The plane circled over the sea for over 30 minutes to dump fuel before safely returning to Hong Kong. No casualties occurred among the 348 people on board. The airline subsequently inspected its A350 fleet, identifying fifteen aircraft with affected engine components. |
| June 24 2024 | Cathay Pacific was awarded the 2024 World's Best Economy Class by Skytrax, a prestigious recognition in the airline industry. |
| January 7 2024 | Peak of flight cancellations, with the airline axing 27 flights at short notice. |
| 2023 | Cathay Pacific announced their new 'Aria Suite' business class seat design. |
| 2023 | Significant recovery achieved with passenger numbers rising to 17.9 million, restoring passenger load factor to 85.7% and increasing employee count to 18,211. |
| 2023 | Collaborated with Airport Authority Hong Kong's 'World of Winners' campaign, providing tickets to promote tourism within Hong Kong |
| December 2023 | Cathay Pacific begins trimming flight schedules by an average of twelve flights per day through February to manage pilot shortage and avoid significant flight cancellations during Lunar New Year period. |
| December 24 2023 | Start of a period of increased flight cancellations, with forty flights cancelled over four days, highlighting ongoing operational challenges. |
| June 18 2023 | Cathay Pacific updated its freighter livery, replacing 'Cathay Pacific Cargo' text with 'Cathay Cargo', first unveiled on a Boeing 747-8F (B-LJN). |
| January 2023 | Ronald Lam becomes the Chief Executive of Cathay Pacific. |
| August 2022 | Cathay Pacific merged its two separate loyalty programs, Marco Polo Club and Asia Miles, into a single membership program. This consolidation eliminated the previous Diamond Plus Tier, with Diamond Tier becoming the highest membership level. |
| February 2022 | Cathay Pacific started to see signs of recovery, with increased passenger numbers and gradual restoration of flight networks. |
| 2021 | The A321neo aircraft originally designated for Cathay Dragon were integrated into Cathay Pacific's fleet after Cathay Dragon's brand was dissolved. |
| 2021 | Cathay Pacific launched its most recent (fifth) Economy Class cabin design, representing the latest in their cabin configuration developments. |
| 2021 | Cathay Pacific updated the Business Class cabin on the Airbus A321neo with new hard-shell recliner seats featuring divider screens and a 15.6-inch personal television (PTV). |
| 2021 | Continuing pandemic challenges saw passenger numbers further reduced to just 0.71 million, with an extremely low passenger load factor of 31.1% and workforce decreased to 16,721 employees. |
| 2021 | Former Cathay Dragon Airbus A320-200 aircraft were integrated into the fleet, with some later transferred to HK Express. |
| September 2021 | The Boeing 777-300ER (B-KPM) was returned to its lessor at the expiration of its lease. |
| August 2021 | The airline began gradually resuming more international routes as global travel restrictions started to ease, focusing on recovery strategies. |
| June 2021 | Company reported expected losses in first half of 2021 would be lower than US$1.27 billion in 2020, due to cost-saving measures and strong cargo flight demand |
| May 12 2021 | Cathay Pacific announced the closing of its Frankfurt pilot base, putting around 50 pilot jobs at risk |
| April 22 2021 | Cathay Pacific closed its Canada pilot base and began consultation with pilots in Australia and New Zealand about potential base closures |
| December 2020 | Cathay Pacific announced expected higher losses in the second half of the year due to low demand, restructuring charges, and fleet impairments |
| October 21 2020 | Cathay Pacific announced the shutdown of Cathay Dragon's operations due to economic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The subsidiary's routes were to be taken over by Cathay Pacific and HK Express, marking the end of Cathay Dragon after 35 years of operation. |
| August 2020 | Cathay Pacific announced major restructuring, including significant job cuts and reduction of its fleet size to survive the pandemic-induced travel downturn. |
| June 2020 | The Boeing 777-300ER (B-KPM) with the 2015 refreshed livery was withdrawn from service during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| June 10 2020 | Cathay Pacific and the Government of Hong Kong jointly announced a HK$39 billion recapitalisation and rescue package. The government would receive a 6% stake through HK$19.5 billion in preference shares and HK$1.95 billion in warrants, while the stakes of Swire Pacific, Air China, and Qatar Airways would be reduced. A HK$7.8 billion bridging loan was also part of the package, with the government gaining the right to appoint two board observers. |
| June 9 2020 | Cathay Pacific, Swire Pacific, and Air China halted stock trading in preparation for a major announcement about the airline's financial situation. |
| March 2020 | Cathay Pacific was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, experiencing massive disruption to global air travel and facing significant financial challenges. |
| March 2020 | The British Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) fined Cathay Pacific £500,000 (U.S. $639,600) for the 2018 data breach, avoiding a potential fine of U.S. $564 million under GDPR-derived data privacy laws. |
| March 23 2020 | HKExpress (Cathay Pacific subsidiary) suspended all flight operations due to reduced demand from COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2019 | Cathay Pacific retired its Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 747-400BCF aircraft. The Boeing 777-200 prototype (B-HNL) was donated to Pima Air & Space Museum. |
| November 2019 | Patrick Healy appointed as Chairman of Cathay Pacific. |
| September 2019 | Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon terminate or force resignations of 31 aviation professionals for participating in or supporting the Hong Kong protests. |
| August 16 2019 | Cathay Pacific CEO Rupert Hogg resigns due to intense criticism from Chinese authorities over staff participation in Hong Kong protests. |
| July 2019 | Acquisition of HK Express was completed, with HK Express becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific. |
| March 27 2019 | Cathay Pacific officially announced its acquisition of HK Express, the only low-cost carrier in Hong Kong, for HK$4.93 billion to generate a new business model and enhance competitiveness. |
| 2018 | Cathay Pacific introduced a new customized Economy Class seat design on the A350-1000 aircraft, featuring a HAECO Vector Y+ seat with enhanced passenger comfort features including a separate drink holder, bottle pouch, privacy-enhanced screens, double-padded seats, and a larger faux leather headrest. |
| 2018 | Ranked as the 19th-largest airline group in the world by traffic. |
| May 2018 | Cathay Pacific confirmed the 2018 data breach, revealing the extent of compromised passenger information including passport and identity card numbers, and credit card details. |
| March 2018 | Cathay Pacific first suspected a data breach that would eventually compromise data of 9.4 million passengers, including 860,000 passport numbers and 245,000 Hong Kong identity card numbers. |
| February 2018 | Issued a profit alert to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, reporting a financial year profit of HK$2.3 billion, indicating initial success of its transformation strategy. |
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